College and Graduate Horizons Program ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!

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COLLEGE & GRADUATE HORIZONS PROGRAMS

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College Horizons Program



Title: College Horizons: A Pre-College Workshop For Native American High School Students

Deadline: February 1, 2010 (priority); February 26, 2010 (2nd round)

Website: www.collegehorizons.org

Email: info@collegehorizons.org



Program Dates:

June 12-16, 2010 - University of Hawai'i Hilo (Hilo, HI)

June 26-30, 2010 - Lawrence University (Appleton, WI)

June 26-30, 2010 - University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA)



College Horizons is a five-day “crash course” in preparing for college. The individualized program helps students select colleges suitable for them to apply to, get admitted to, and receive adequate financial aid. Students research their top 10 schools; complete essays, resumes, applications, and the FAFSA; receive interviewing skills and test-taking strategies (on the ACT and SAT) and financial aid/scholarship information. Eligible participants must be American Indian (enrolled members only), Alaska Native (proof of status) or Native Hawaiian; current sophomores and juniors with a minimum GPA of 3.00 (in academic courses).



Applications will be accepted on a space-available basis to May 1 (after March 1, please contact us to see which site may still have spaces). Complete program cost is $200 (includes tuition, room, meals, all materials and transportation to campus from the designated airports). Students are responsible for their own airfare, but substantial funds are available for travel and tuition assistance (each year we award travel assistance to over 50% of our students).



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Graduate Horizons Program



Title: Graduate Horizons: A Pre-Graduate Workshop For Native College Students & College Graduates

Deadline: February 1, 2010 (priority); February 26, 2010 (2nd round)

Website: www.collegehorizons.org

Email: info@collegehorizons.org



Program Dates:

July 17-20, 2010 - Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)



Graduate Horizons is a four-day “crash course” for Native college students, college graduates, master’s students in preparing for graduate school (master’s, Ph.D. or professional school). Faculty, admission officers and deans from a host of graduate and professional schools and representing hundreds of graduate disciplines work with students to consider career paths and related graduate studies; complete personal statements, resumes, applications; and receive test-taking strategies (on the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT) and financial aid/scholarship information. Eligible participants must be American Indian (enrolled members only), Alaska Native (proof of status), Native Hawaiian, First Nations of Canada; a college student, master's student, or college graduate.



Applications will be accepted on a space-available basis to June 1 (after May 1, please contact us to see which site may still have spaces). Complete program cost is $200 (includes tuition, room, meals, all materials and transportation to campus from the designated airport). Students are responsible for their own airfare, but substantial funds are available for travel and tuition assistance (each year we award travel assistance to over 50% of our students).